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INDIANAPOLIS -- With presumably no chance of landing Johnny Manziel in the 2014 NFL Draft, the Dallas Cowboys want to talk to the former Texas A&M star anyway at the NFL Scouting Combine.
And they've used one of their 60 allotted interviews to do it.
The Cowboys are among the NFL clubs scheduled to speak with Manziel on Friday night, according to espn.com. The Cowboys draft at No. 16 in the first round, and Manziel is expected to be chosen among the first teams with a need at quarterback. Dallas made a strong financial commitment to veteran Tony Romo last year with a $106 million contract extension.
With 335 prospects on hand at Lucas Oil Stadium, teams have to be judicious with which 60 players -- less than 20 percent of the field per team -- they choose to interview.
Other teams known to be planning to interview Manziel include the Houston Texans and Jacksonville Jaguars. Both of those teams, drafting first and third, respectively, in the first round make sense, considering their needs at quarterback.
The decision to interview Manziel would make plenty of sense if the Cowboys had intentions of trading up to acquire the dynamic former Heisman Trophy winner, but club owner Jerry Jones said last month that he doesn't expect the team to pick a quarterback early in the draft.
"I don't anticipate drafting a quarterback high with where we are with Romo, especially one that might can play immediately and several of these guys in today's NFL are playing pretty quick, [Seattle's Russell] Wilson, and [San Francisco's Colin] Kaepernick, and those guys who are move-around types, some of those guys who take a little more seasoning are your traditional quarterbacks, so all of that would figure in," he said.
Assuming Jones hasn't had a change of heart since that remark was made about a month ago, it's anyone's guess as to why the Cowboys would use an interview on a quarterback who won't be available, and who they would have no interest in choosing early anyway.
Perhaps Jones just couldn't help but unite Texas' biggest college star with the fabled blue star, even if just for a brief conversation.
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April 3, 2013
Barrier-Free Theatre presents ninjas, pirates, dragons, mermaids on April 5, 6
Don't miss this year's Barrier-Free Theatre show "High Tide Trouble" at 7:30 p.m. April 5-6 at the Manhattan Arts Center, 1520 Poyntz Ave.
"High Tide Trouble" takes place on a lost island, which is inhabited by ninjas, mermaids, monkeys and dragons. When pirates are stranded on the island they must team up with the ninjas to save the island from the dragons that want to ignite the volcano and blow everything up.
"High Tide Trouble" is an original play with music and dance developed through improvisation by 22 actors with disabilities and 15 K-State students. Rehearsals, which met once a week, began in September under the supervision of Sally Bailey, professor of theatre and director of the drama therapy program.
Barrier-Free Theatre is a partnership between K-State's drama therapy program, city of Manhattan parks and recreation department and the Manhattan Arts Center. This is Barrier-Free Theatre's 15th anniversary of bringing together people with and without disabilities to use their imaginations and creativity together.
Tickets are $5 and are on sale at the parks and recreation office, 1101 Fremont in City Park. Business hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. A few tickets may be available at the door.

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Apple continues to lose ground to arch-rival Samsung at an alarming rate.
For a while now the the Apple frenzied press has been preparing the world by warning Apple will lose some market share as Samsung's latest smartphone comes out before the new iPhone.
But according to new figures, which were compiled before Samsung released its latest smartphone, Apple is already in trouble.
Research firm IDC said Samsung grabbed more smartphone market share from archrival Apple in the latest quarter, with sales of its phones jumping to account for one third of the global market.
While sales of the iPhone 5 helped Apple's volumes grow 6.6 percent to 37.4 million phones in the quarter from a year earlier, it was not enough to stop its share of the market dropping to 17.3 percent from 23 percent,
Samsung lifted its shipments about 60 percent to 70.7 million, giving it a 32.7 percent of the market, up from 28.8 percent a year earlier.
During the first quarter Samsung shipped more smartphones than the next four vendors combined.
Only Apple lost market share, with LG Electronics, Huawei and ZTE making incremental gains.
All this seems to indicate that Apple is really starting to lose ground in its key mobile sector entirely at the expense of Android.


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Given that it seems any worker process can reply to a request from a single client (ie they are not assigned a client) and that session variables are only accessible from the process they were created in, in what situation would it be advantageous to increase this setting?
I ask because one of my web applications was having all sorts of issues with session variables (random logging out etc) - it turns out a server tech had upped this to 4, thinking he was doing good. Returned it to 1 and the application is happy.


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Interview with Jeff Eastman, chief executive officer, Alchemy Systems, LP
Since the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) has placed a greater emphasis on training as a preventive control, Food Manufacturing asked Jeff Eastman of Alchemy Systems for his views about training's impact on food safety, its role as a preventive control under FSMA and how to ensure employees comprehend and apply their training at all times.
Q: How can the quality of employee training impact the level of food safety at a facility?
A: The manufacturing process is typically people-intensive, so the quality of employees is everything when it comes to food safety. As far back as 1996, a study showed that 97 percent of foodborne illnesses could be attributed either to a process or employee training breakdown. Unfortunately, I don't think much has changed. For example, employees may not be doing something correctly, whether it's cleaning equipment or product handling. Another problem is that companies do not measure the quality of their training and that has to change. The industry is acknowledging the need for training and testing comprehension and applying the appropriate behaviors every day in the workplace.
Q: How has FSMA changed how food companies view their training methods?
A: The difference is that prior to FSMA, many companies viewed training only as essential for regulatory compliance, but now it is seen as a preventive control. You can see the changes throughout the industry in which there is more awareness of the importance of effective training.
FSMA has actually memorialized the best practices of industry, particularly by the larger companies, and those will certainly affect the smaller companies and importers into the U.S. But FSMA also means that as a preventive control, training and its comprehension have to be validated. For many companies, this major shift applies to the "qualified individuals" who oversee food training.
Q: What types of training should companies make sure all employees receive?
A: While we all recognize that employees need training to successfully execute their job responsibilities, the training must go significantly beyond that standard. It's not enough to train people to perform their specific jobs. You also have to understand the role of substitutes and plan for those times when your operation is short of personnel. That is probably inevitable when you consider the exodus of senior baby-boomers and their cache of knowledge. When they leave, there are going to be problems, particularly if their wealth of knowledge has not been documented for future training.
Training is based on knowledge-retention and the same is true for cross-training employees. Training should be a collection of best practices starting with understanding how each job is performed. The more you can get that in a fully documented and easily distributable fashion, the better off you will be in delivering a safe product.
Q: How can plant managers ensure that employees comprehend training and apply it properly?
A: You start by raising the bar of accountability. If you have to train the same person five times for the same thing, a red flag should be raised on the quality of your training and if you have hired the right person for the job. Create the training tools and conduct observations of those trained behaviors on the processing floor. Have you really ensured total employee comprehension or have you left everyone at risk by assuming that a certain grade is good enough? One of the things we emphasize is setting up corrective observations, which identify needs and then require prompt action to correct. And it's not just the training but a continuous improvement process that training represents, which is most important.
Q: What do you consider some of the best methods of employee training for food manufacturers?
A: Training has to be interactive and engaging so people can remember it. It also has to be repetitive, consistent and defensible throughout the organization. If training is delivered differently throughout the company, you're causing inconsistencies. Training has to be designed and delivered to match the employee demographics. How many times have we heard the phrase "one size doesn't fit all?" Instructors have to be cognizant of the complexities associated with adult learning so that everyone can understand the content. Plants that try to do their own training without considering all of these important elements probably do not recognize the various educational levels or cultural differences of their employees. That is why our software is multi-lingual for those people whose primary language is not English and delivered at an education level optimized for the hourly worker.
Q: What steps can companies take to create a food safety culture at their facilities?
A: A food safety culture has to start at the top or it's not going to happen. Executives have to be fully committed and believe in it. Once you set that tone from the top, then the systems and tools can be made available to create a food safety culture. Frontline workers can't make these judgment calls.
Take, for example, the experience of Maple Leaf Foods of Toronto. In 2008, a listeria outbreak that led to 23 deaths was attributed to lunch meat at one of its plants. The company's response was to rewrite its food strategy with an emphasis on food safety training, and commit everyone to a food safety conscious culture. Maple Leaf makes sure its supervisors are qualified and the training is standardized. This company is a great example of what a food safety culture should be.
The number one priority is to make sure the food is safe and the right processes are followed. Your people have to hear this day in and day out. You must have a true focus on food safety and keep that topic front and center with employees.
Jeff Eastman is chief executive officer and co-founder of Alchemy Systems, LP, a leading developer of an interactive food and workplace safety training platform since its founding nearly 10 years ago. In 2012, Alchemy delivered six million safety training courses, all of which are electronically documented, at more than 1,400 food manufacturer, distributor, processor and retail locations worldwide.


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As part of the Danville District No. 118 Strategic Plan, the district implemented a Standards Based Report Card aligned to Illinois Learning Standards for kindergarten through eighth grade.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is a standards-based report card?
The job of a report card is to clearly, fairly, and objectively communicate how a child is doing in school. A standards-based report card tells specifically how a child is doing in school and which areas need improvement. All teachers in a grade level measure student learning against set criteria. This is different from a traditional report card which gives a single letter or number grade for broad subject categories. A standards-based report card puts the emphasis on learning, rather than on comparisons among students. A standards-based report card gives concrete information the teacher and you can use to assist your child and separates academic performance from work habits and personal characteristics.
Where do the "standards" come from?
In 2010, Illinois adopted the new Common Core Standards (New Illinois Learning Standards) and, in 2012-2013, Danville District No. 118 implemented new reading and math curriculum based on those standards.
Why is Danville District 118 utilizing Standards-Based Report Cards?
Standards Based Report Cards are able to provide parents, students, and teachers with much more specific information than a traditional grading system does. In the traditional system, grades from all types of measures assessing many different standards and elements are averaged together to obtain one score for a subject area. In a standards-based grading system, teachers are able to communicate to students and parents specific progress on individual elements of the standards. This information allows parents, teachers, and students themselves to target areas for improvement and establish goals for their learning.
How does this affect students?
We know that all children can learn and succeed. The Standards Based Report Card will make it easier for all students to know what success in school looks like and to target learning needs. This is no different for special education students. The better information we have about student learning, the more improvement we can make together. Students in special education will continue to receive quarterly updates on their progress toward IEP goals.
*The Standards Based Report Card reports a student's progress towards the most essential standards in each grade level.


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In case you're hiding under a rock, you should know that an audit conducted by the inspector general for the Internal Revenue Service has found that IRS officials targeted for scrutiny certain groups critical of the Obama administration.
Which groups? Well, those with "tea party" or "patriot" in their names and nonprofit groups that criticized the government and sought to educate Americans about the U.S. Constitution.
It's disgraceful that government bureaucrats, whether on their own initiative or at the direction of superiors, singled out anyone for special scrutiny, but what their selection criteria were makes it even worse. Reportedly, the IRS field office in charge of evaluating applications for tax-exempt status decided to focus on groups making statements that "criticize how the country is being run" and those that are engaged in educating Americans "on the Constitution and Bill of Rights."
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Surely, we all understand the awesome and, frankly, horrifying power the IRS has come to have in our system, which originally didn't even contemplate an income tax, much less oversight of it by such a monstrous bureaucratic leviathan. What could be more chilling and destructive to our liberties than a government targeting – that's its word, not mine – private citizens and organizations based on their political and ideological views?
If the First Amendment means anything, it is that the full force of the federal government will be used to safeguard, not suppress, the liberties of American citizens to utter political speech, especially speech critical of the government. But instead, this IRS sought for abuse groups that criticized the administration and groups that wanted to teach people that under our Constitution, such government officials have no right to do this type of thing.
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And you wonder why people favor a major overhaul of the tax system? What if low-level staffers in an obscure Cincinnati field office were actually solely responsible for this, as the administration is alleging? How could a system become so corrupt – or how could officials overseeing it become so reckless – as to make possible such a systematic abuse of power?
But speaking of this effort to pass the buck to "low-level" players: Can we not at least agree that the Obama administration has established a culture conducive to the type of stereotypical thinking that could lead to this? Didn't the Department of Homeland Security under this administration list right-wing groups as extremists and potential terrorists? Hasn't President Obama himself referred to tea partiers as "tea baggers"? Haven't other Democrats deliberately depicted tea party groups as violent extremists who are a hair trigger away from armed revolution?
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Liberals have been trying to vilify conservative talk radio for years now, suggesting that its strong political opinions lead to violence. That is preposterous, but if we were to apply the same type of standard to Obama, we could say that he has personally fomented a climate of hate against conservative groups, such that the IRS targeting was completely foreseeable. Surely, it's fair to hold the president to his own standard.
Consider: Obama's "bitter clingers" remark, his statement that conservatives who want a "small America" are dragging America into "a race to the bottom where we try to offer the cheapest labor and the worst pollution standards," his calling Republican congressmen "hostage takers" for opposing his tax policies (does that ring a bell, i.e., those who criticize the government?), his despicable statement that Republican leaders are "willing to compromise (their) kids' safety so some corporate jet owner can get a tax break," Vice President Joe Biden's saying Republicans "have acted like terrorists" and are using threats of shutting the government down as a "weapon of mass destruction," Obama's looking on with approval as Teamsters President Jimmy Hoffa said of the tea party, "Let's take these sons of bi---es out," and his spiritual adviser the Rev. Jim Wallis' saying, "And to be blunt, there wouldn't be a tea party if there wasn't a black man in the White House."
In my book "The Great Destroyer," which was published in 2012, I reported that there were "literally dozens of tea party organizations that (had) received intrusive information demands from the IRS" in response to tea party requests for tax-exempt status. These demands, I reported, "have not been in response to allegations of wrongdoing against the parties, but simply in response to their applications for tax exemptions."
I reported that some were alleging that "the Obama IRS (was) 'using the routine process of seeking and granting tax exemptions to undertake a sweeping, top-down review of the internal workings of the tea party movement in the United States.'" I added, "Recall that Obama's own campaign organization, Organizing for America, once labeled tea party opponents of Obamacare 'right-wing domestic terrorists.' ... If Team Obama views tea partiers as a dangerous threat, would it really be surprising to learn that it treats them as such?"
Ahem ... no, it wouldn't – and isn't.
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VIII.1 This item was discussed first by the Work Group 1, and then by the Committee on the basis of the proposals made by the Work Group. Some of its points were already raised, however, in the presentation by the Director-General's Special Adviser when presenting his recommendations on fund-raising and marketing (summarized in section XV of this report).
VIII.2 Although the shortage of time did not allow a real debate on this item, a number of speakers in Work Group 1 referred to work Document WHC-94/CONF.003/5. The Delegate of Italy reiterated his Delegation's statement, previously expressed at the plenary, that their legal experts had examined carefully the proposals contained in this Document and found them unacceptable. Recalling that the Centre had been established only two years ago and that its competences were regulated by Articles 14, 15 and 18 of the Convention, he reminded that the Centre was meant to be simply a Secretariat for coordination, monitoring of the Convention's implementation, information and cooperation with the States Parties in order to assure follow-up actions. The proposal put forward in the above-mentioned document, however, seems to lead on the contrary to a full autonomy of the Centre by giving it functional and administrative autonomy. The Italian Delegation is opposed to this for philosophical/political, juridical and administrative reasons. As regards the philosophical/political concerns, he said, all actions of UNESCO need to be united in order to achieve a major impact, and to allow better linkage among the great themes it is committed to, including the protection of cultural and natural heritage. To detach the Centre from UNESCO would weaken it precisely at a time when UNESCO's mandate and its message of peace, fraternity and mutual understanding needs to be strengthened in a world which is going through a difficult phase of transition, the breakdown of the previous sense of balance, and the precarious way to a new international order. Explaining the juridical implications, the Delegate of Italy reminded that according to Articles 3, 4 and 14 of the Convention, the Committee should express its advice on this matter. Furthermore, the examples given in the above-mentioned document, i.e., the institutional set-up of the International Institute for Education Planning (IIEP) and the International Bureau for Education (IBE), do not seem appropriate, as these have been established within the General Conference of UNESCO, which means that all Member States of UNESCO are included, and not just some, as is the case with the Centre. Moreover, the internal structure is quite different: the IIEP and IBE have each an administration council which, however, does not exist in the case of the Centre, as this is directly under the Director-General of UNESCO and is, as such, a simple Secretariat. Regarding the administrative aspects, the document compares the Intergovernmental Oceanographic commission (IOC) to the Centre, forgetting that this commission deals with oceans, which are beyond the States' sovereignty, while the Centre is responsible for the protection of cultural and natural heritage which is a matter of the States' sovereignty. In conclusion, he reiterated that the Centre belongs to the UNESCO Secretariat and serves as the Secretariat of the Committee. The Centre was created by the Director-General in order to facilitate better implementation of the Convention. In Cartagena, the Committee expressed its wish to have a stronger Centre, and nothing more than that. On that occasion the Committee stated that it would achieve better its goals by relating its activities to those stemming from other legal instruments and other UNESCO competent services. The Centre should therefore continue to: (i) coordinate the actions decided by the Committee with other related actions in UNESCO and other organizations, and (ii) ensure within this framework the services of the Secretariat of the Committee and of the General Assembly of the States Parties.
VIII.3 The Delegate of China stated that his country was in favour of a strengthened World Heritage Centre, and was therefore pleased with the Director-General's intention of giving functional autonomy to the Centre, and giving it support through a 'financial allocation', as expressed at the 145th session of the Executive Board. He felt that there need be no fear that the Centre may disassociate itself from UNESCO, since it would remain an integral part of UNESCO just like the case of IIEP and IBE.
VIII.4 While expressing his regret that such an important item was discussed only in the Work Group, and having endorsed the statement made by the Delegate of Italy, the Delegate of France said that his country is also in favour of a strong World Heritage Centre, but that this should by no means be understood as creating a unit which might lead to a separation from UNESCO, or to a modification in the terms of the 1972 Convention which foresaw the provision by UNESCO of a Secretariat to the World Heritage Committee. The evolution of the Centre should be administrative and structural within the Organization. Projects such as the Centre's current project on World Heritage education, which is carried out in collaboration with other units, is an example of intersectoral activities which should be encouraged. However, a private foundation cannot be created in the shadow of a Convention between States Parties, which is what appeared to be envisaged.
VIII.5 The Delegate of Germany also spoke in favour of a strong Centre, underlining however that the spirit and letter of the Convention must be fully respected.
Expressing his view that the statements made by Mr de Haes and Mr Badran on this matter gave conflicting messages on what the Centre's autonomy would imply, he reminded that the Committee cannot decide by itself on issues which may perhaps entail modifications of the Convention.
VIII.6 The Delegate of Japan expressed his support for an increased 'functional effectiveness' of the Centre, but felt that the Committee needed more information in order to decide about a future 'functional autonomy' of the Centre. He also wished to know how the Centre would cooperate in the future with other units within UNESCO should autonomy be granted, and what the UNESCO Legal Adviser's view on this were. Finally, he suggested that a detailed study on this matter be prepared for the Committee.
VIII.7 The proposal made by the Delegate of Japan was endorsed by the Delegate of Spain, stressing the comments made previously by the Delegates of France and Italy concerning the legal and institutional aspects of functional autonomy.
VIII.8 Replying to the debate, the Director of the World Heritage Centre reassured the speakers that the Director-General laid great stress on coordinating the Centre's activities with those of other units in the Organization. He reminded that the Director-General had created to that effect a Steering Committee, chaired by the Assistant Director-General for Culture in the absence of the Director-General, the purpose of which is to provide guidance to the Centre and other units in matters of heritage protection. The Centre is under the authority of the Director-General and its staff is appointed by him in conformity with Article 14 of the Convention. Should there be any changes, these can be carried out only in strict respect of the Convention. He confirmed readiness to prepare an in-depth study on the question and proposed to contact the Representatives of, for example, Italy, France, China and the United States of America, in order to see how the Centre's functioning could be improved. He also suggested that the Centre prepare a detailed document which would express the different views expressed by the States Parties. Finally, Mr von Droste reiterated that the Centre has been created within UNESCO to coordinate World Heritage activities, and that some progress has been achieved in this sense. What is now important is that the General Conference at its 28th session approves a staffing table for the World Heritage Centre which would make it unnecessary to use the World Heritage Fund for supporting staff positions.
VIII.9 Following this statement, the Chairman of the Work Group, Mr Rob Milne, proposed that the Group express its appreciation to the Director-General for having strengthened the staff of the Centre in response to the Committee's request expressed last year at the session in Cartagena.
VIII.10 The Committee addressed this item in plenary when discussing the proposals made by Work Group 1. The Italian Delegation, endorsed by many other delegations, underlined that it was favourable to the strengthening of the Centre, provided that it is kept in mind that its autonomy is already defined by the World Heritage Convention, which expresses the sovereign will of the States Parties.
Arguments of legal, administrative and philosophical nature can be made against the 'proposal for the Centre's future as defined, among others by items 8 and 15 of the Agenda. However, given the time constraints, the Delegation of Italy expressed in plenary only the juridical (legal) aspects. In order to define the status of the Centre and the Secretariat one has to consider the following elements: creation, composition and functions. The Delegate of Italy then stated the following:
- "Foremost, Article 14 of the Convention affirms that the Committee is assisted by a Secretariat appointed by the Director-General of UNESCO;
- Secondly, the Centre, created at a later stage by the Director-General in order to assure the functions of the Secretariat to the Committee, has been made up of staff coming from two UNESCO sectors (Science and Culture) which are already entrusted the responsibility of the Convention's implementation;
- Finally, the same Committee has entrusted its Secretariat, through the World Heritage Centre, to ensure the coordination and information between the Committee and other UNESCO conventions concerned with the conservation of cultural and natural heritage.
The above-stated three elements reveal that the Centre is an integral part of the organization and of the Secretariat of UNESCO, and that any change of its legal status requires a new manifestation of the States Parties' will, which must be embodied in a new international agreement for the revision of the Convention.
A decision by the Committee therefore cannot be regarded as sufficient."


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Open Tech 2009 is an informal, low cost, one-day conference on slightly different approaches to technology, democracy and community. This year's theme is "Working on Stuff that Matters" guarantees a day of thoughtful talks and conversations with friends. Totaling 33 talks across 3 sessions covering 7 hours, some space hijacking and plenty of time to talk in the bar after sessions which challenge, inspire or talk about something that makes you want to help how you can. The last two times we have sold out in advance, so you are strongly advised to pre-register. What's the day going to have? Back for 2009, OpenTech promises a day of thoughtful talks and conversations with friends. One of the strands we'd like to see running through the day is "working on stuff that matters", whatever you work on. Find out more. This event's predecessors, in 2008 and 2005 were low cost, one-day conferences about technologies that anyone can have a go at, from "Open Source"-style ways of working to repurposing everyday electronics hardware. Before that was NotCon 2004, an informal, low-cost, one-day conference on things that technologies were perhaps not intended to do. |
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Do you have photo skills or live in an area where images are in demand? "Stock photography websites are huge repositories of photographs, covering almost every possible subject you could imagine," advises International Living. So how does it work? Photographers can upload their images to any one of a number of huge databases, allowing magazine editors, designers or any organization with a website to buy them. And the beauty of stock websites: Photos can be sold any number of times—so you can continue to make money without any effort. Photography sites to check out include Shutterstock, Photoshelter and Getty Images.
2. Create How-To Videos
"In recent years, YouTube has grown into the go-to source for all manner of video courses and guides," says International Living. "Instructors can monetize their videos by charging a subscription fee or password protecting content for paying customers only." This article shares some tips from one real estate agent who made $100,000 in one month on YouTube. Another piece of advice from International Living: Get to know the phrases that people search for. To find potential search phrases, start typing "how to [your topic]" into YouTube's search bar and notice what phrases are generated in the auto-fill dropdown. Make sure to use the same keywords when you write your video title, description, and tags.
3. Become a Copywriter
Want to earn a great income no matter where you live—a house by the sea in Latin America, an historic European city or even on a Greek island? Copywriting could be ideal for you. According to International Living, "copywriting is a mega-industry, ripe with opportunity. And yearning for people who can fuel it with fresh marketing messages and one of the best benefits of the freelance copywriter's lifestyle is that you can get paid in U.S. dollars…yet live virtually anywhere in the world." Express Writers has tips on how to become a copywriter and is also a resource for jobs.
4. Teach English
"If you're a native English speaker, you may not realize it, but you already have the number one qualification you need for a fun, portable income that can hand you a steady paycheck from anywhere in the world," says International Living. Some resources include GoOverseas.com, TeachAway (teach English online to Chinese students), iTutorGroup (teach English online to Taiwanese children and adults) and English Hunt (teach English on the phone to adult students in Korea)
5. Turn Your Interests Into a Podcast That Pays
"Podcasting doesn't have to be complicated," says International Living. With a microphone, laptop and free recording software, you'll be up and running. Plus, podcasts don't need to run every day (once a week is best) and are better when they're short. There are a number of ways to make money from a podcast. The most obvious is commercial sponsorship, but you can also use it as a platform to advertise your own products or services. NPR has a great guide to launching a podcast here.
6. Set up a Content and Web Development Business
Do you know how to do web and content development? You can offer these services to anyone via online tools that make developing beautiful websites a snap. Some resources include WordPress, Weebly and Joomla.
7. Become a Translator and Interpreter
Do you speak another language? Anywhere you find expat communities—and where English is not the first language—you'll find a need for interpreting and translation services. You can also do translation and interpretation online. You'll find a number of resources for being a translator or an interpreter here; one of the best is Welocalize, which ranked at the top of this list of the top 20 companies for remote jobs in 2020.
8. Try Drop-shipping
Have you heard of drop-shipping? It's a method of retail where the seller doesn't actually have a physical inventory. Instead, when a customer makes an order, you purchase the item from a third party, and they ship it directly to the customer. "This means you'll never have to fork over a single dime to store your products or maintain your inventory," advises International Living. "And you'll never have to buy products in bulk, hoping to sell enough to recoup your investment." This method can be done with online selling platforms like eBay or Amazon. You can find out more about drop-shipping in this helpful article from Shopify.
9. Tutor
"Establishing your own tutoring service can be a lucrative business that provides you with a comfortable and flexible lifestyle," advises International Living. "The best part of all, you can set up a tutoring business in almost any country in the world." A tip: Offer discounts to clients who promote your business. "Word-of-mouth marketing is still one of the most valuable marketing tools you can have when starting out," advises International Living. The site Tutors.com has a list of the best online tutoring jobs, and you can also apply to be a tutor at Tutorme.com.
10. Become a Freelance Proofreader
Proofreading is another lucrative online career. "Most agencies will pay around 25% of the price of a translated document to a proofreader," advises International Living. "Agencies charge about $75 for the translation of a five-page standard business document. So proofing the same document—which takes about an hour—pays out about $18 to $20." You can work full time, part-time or around-the-clock. Mediabistro—a site that offers resources for media professionals—has tips on how to become a proofreader.
11. Type for Cash
Are you a fast typist? Transcribing is simple: Listen to an audio file through headphones and type it out. "As a transcriber, your pay is directly related to how fast you type," advises International Living. "Transcription jobs are paid by the audio hour (the length of the audio file), rather than by the hour worked. The time spent on a transcript is influenced by the audio quality, background noise, the accent of the speaker and the speed at which people speak." The average transcriber—typing between 75 and 100 words per minute—will complete one audio hour in four hours worked. Consider the company Rev.com, which hires freelance transcribers.
12. Create a Money-Making Blog
Do you have an area of expertise? Share your advice on a blog. If travel is your area of expertise, think about what you have to offer: Are you an expert in luxury travel or budget travel? Can you share advice about certain activities like hiking or shopping? "The more specific you get, the easier it'll be to attract an engaged audience and to earn money with your site," advises International Living. The sites Squarespace and Wix have tips on how to create blogs and can also host them.
13. Tap Into the E-Book Business
The e-book business is a great way to earn money. You can create your own (Kindle has a guide for how to do it). Or find a book that's already been published in print and license it to publish online. You can pay the author 8-15% royalties based on net sales or a one-time payment for the online publishing rights.
14. Set up an Online Course
Or go beyond writing an e-book and create a whole online course with tutorials, PDF downloads and videos. It's a great way to create passive income because people will pay for the info and can go at their own pace or post questions related to the course in a dedicated group. Here's one resource for creating and selling online courses: LearnWorlds, which makes it possible for anyone to profit from their knowledge and experience by creating an online program.
15. Become a Life Coach (or Even a Travel Coach)
"Life coaching is a thought-provoking and creative process that helps people focus on both personal and professional goals," advises International Living. "People use life coaching to overcome fears, boost their self-confidence, create goals and instill success-oriented habits." You can find thousands of online training programs on how to be a life coach, and many certification programs offer an entire website setup once training is completed. If travel is your area of expertise, you can even become a travel coach. Read this story about a travel writer who became a travel coach.
16. Become an Audiobook Narrator
"Audiobooks are an increasingly popular form of entertainment. The convenience factor of smartphones has led to an industry boom," advises International Living. "That's creating a demand for freelance narrators." This site has advice on learning how to become an audiobook narrator.
17. Internet Research and Surveys
Another way to make good money is by surfing the Internet in your spare time or filling out online surveys. "If you're looking for a way to make an extra $1,000, $2,000 a month part-time—then Internet research is for you," advises International Living. Add the site Qmee to your browser, and if you click on a search result, you'll earn money. You can also earn cash for taking Qmee surveys and sharing your opinions on brands. Other survey sites include SurveyBods, Survey Junkie and Valued Opinions. Another way to make a series of small cash rewards while on the go? With the new app Current, travelers can make up to an extra $600 a year by simply listening to music and performing various tasks.


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It is common enough to liken novelists creating their characters to the Genesis story of God making man. Like God, novelists scratch together a pile of dust - in their case the cloudy detritus thrown up when tattered inspiration collides with writer's block - and attempt to blow it into life.
The Portuguese novelist José Saramago, who died last year at 87, was particularly godlike with his characters. Not only did he create them, but he interposed himself continually, sending them on outlandish though oddly sensible errands, and admonishing or encouraging them with a skeptical impatience softened by wit.
In "Cain,'' his last, posthumously published novel, God himself is a principal character. Saramago, a militant atheist, drives hard against Him. It is the Old Testament God (In "The Gospel According to Jesus Christ,'' published 20 years ago, it was the God of the New Testament), and Saramago writes Him as a bloodily capricious tyrant. Even here, unable to avoid amused indulgence, he makes Him a bumbler as well.
Isaac Bashevis Singer once complained that when God made man he failed to use the best materials. In "Cain'' it is the other way around: man, (Saramago) creating God, makes a point of using imperfect materials.
Before getting to Cain, Saramago writes of God's problems with Adam and Eve. Having forgotten to give them voices, He has to come back to provide them. He returns a second time to give them belly buttons, which he'd also forgotten, and is particularly pleased with the gracefulness of Eve's. "This was the last time the lord looked upon his work and saw that it was good,'' Saramago continues, preparing his sardonic chronicle of vindictiveness as the thread running through the Old Testament.
Expelled to the desert, neither Adam nor Eve has the slightest idea how to survive. Adam, Saramago's typical male (bureaucratically deferential to higher authority), opposes Eve's proposal to go back and persuade the angel with the fiery sword to let them have a little fruit. Eve, Saramago's typical woman (neither bureaucratic nor deferential), goes anyway, and cajoles food and useful angelic advice about making a living.
Skip to Cain. Jealous of Abel because his burnt offering of meat found God's favor while his own offering of grain did not, he kills his brother. But when God wrathfully decrees he must henceforth wander, reviled, he argues back. Partly his fault, perhaps, but why didn't God stop it? Unused to defiance, God concedes he has a point; to compensate, He bestows upon Cain a mark that will keep him safe through his enforced wanderings.
Up to here "Cain,'' though something of a forced conceit, displays some of Saramago's talent for writing paradox that is both outrageous and winning. Argument is his strength, a quietly witty and expansive device that his characters use with themselves and others; argument as a self-propelled vehicle that takes them adventuring. And this first part is essentially Saramagan argument: Adam's, Eve's and Cain's with God and with each other.
But once Cain begins his wanderings - essentially time travels through a succession of celebrated Bible stories that take up the rest of the book - things decline sharply. To put it plainly, in this last book the aged author seems to have lost some of his transforming magic, and perhaps even his interest in his principal character; also a measure of control. The episodes succeed each other mechanically, with Cain's role being to witness and denounce God's actions as cruel, arbitrary, and often incompetent as well.
Cain watches Abraham preparing to slay his beloved son Isaac at God's behest. At the last minute he grabs the father's arm to stop it. Only then does the angel arrive with the divine counter-order, apologizing that a problem with a wing made him late.
What follows - the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, Lot's wife turning into a pillar of salt, the trials of Job - are treated cursorily. Whereas the massacres by God's chosen people, the Israelites, of their enemies, drags on and on in the mind-numbing detail we find in the sloggier reaches of the Old Testament.
By the time we get to the last episode featuring Noah and Cain's lethal sabotage of God's plan to create an improved post-flood humanity, "Cain,'' unlike the Ark, has pretty much sunk. At the end, though, a couple of sentences almost rekindle Saramago's flame. Our last glimpse: God and Cain fade out, still arguing. In Saramago's fiction - astonishingly tender for a writer who in his nonliterary life held such intransigent views; a hardline Stalinist, no less - God by no means gets the best lines, but he does get lines.
Richard Eder, who writes reviews for numerous publications, can be reached at ederculloch @gmail.com.


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TALLAHASSEE — The responsibility for reviewing and selecting Florida students' textbooks could end up in the hands of local school districts next year.
The districts and state currently share that process. The Department of Education selects certain materials that meet their standards for a class, and communities choose from them. But a bill moving through the Senate this spring would eliminate state review.
In a rare push against local control, the Florida School Board Association wants the Department of Education to retain most of the power of choosing materials for K-12 students — with a bit more local say. If communities are forced to make their own textbook decisions, it would amount to an "incredible unfunded mandate on school districts," said Ruth Melton, the association's director of government relations.
If a district has sole responsibility for reviewing and selecting textbooks it would be a full-time job for a committee, Sarasota County School Board member Jane Goodwin said.
"We run very, very lean in Sarasota County," Goodwin said. "We would have to hire people. It would impact everyone."
A clash in Volusia County last fall partly spurred the proposed changes. Protesters said a world history textbook overly favored Islam.
"I think there's an increasing frustration by parents in our state that they don't have a lot of say regarding the content and materials that their children use in the classroom," House bill sponsor Rep. Matt Gaetz, R- Fort Walton Beach, said.
The House bill (HB 921) was scaled back and differs from the Senate's.
It says the state's 67 districts have the option to create a process to choose their own material. That option is currently offered, but unused. If a school board does take that route the House bill says the board would have to follow certain rules in reviewing books and must align with state standards.
The Senate bill (SB 864) does not take an opt-in approach. It grants parents and other members of the public a chance to appeal the locally chosen materials.
Both bills require all districts to hold a local public review of textbooks. They also allow districts to join forces to review material.
Smaller districts, which are concerned that their size would diminish their purchasing power with textbook companies, could team up to save money, Gaetz said.
Senators questioned last week whether the bill could lead to disparate results on standardized tests.
It will not, said bill sponsor, Sen. Alan Hays, R-Umatilla, during a discussion on the Senate floor.
"The standards will be uniform statewide," Hays said.
It's just up to the locals to select books that meet those standards.
Students in Florida are not studying the exact same books now, Hays said.
High schools can choose from eight possible textbooks for Algebra One.
On one hand, more local say addresses parents' concerns, Melton said. On the other, it opens up a carefully crafted state process designed to avoid religious and political bias.
Dispersing the decision making could also lessen Florida's influence on what ends up in textbooks, she said. Book creators try to align content with the standards of big states such as California, Florida, Illinois and New York.
"Florida just abdicates a power over instructional materials nationwide," Melton said.
The Florida Parent Teacher Association initially supported the legislation because it increased parental control, but after hearing concerns and learning about the elimination of state oversight changed its stance, said Kathy Thrumston, a legislative committee member with the association.
The organization now supports the House version and opposes the Senate's, she said.
The Senate bill advanced last week after many questions but no changes. It is scheduled for a final reading before a vote.
How the two versions will be reconciled remains unclear.
"So long as there is a reasonable access for parents to raise objections and to appeal decisions that are made regarding instructional materials, I think that we will have accomplished our objective," Gaetz said.


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"Our Father's Plan," Ensign, Nov. 2001, 30–31
Our Father's Plan
[Our Heavenly] Father's desire is to provide all of us with the opportunity to receive a fulness of joy, even the fulness that He possesses.
In a revelation given to the Prophet Joseph Smith sometime in June 1830, we are told of our Heavenly Father's declared intention: "For behold, this is my work and my glory—to bring to pass the immortality and eternal life of man."1 According to this decree, the Father's desire is to provide all of us with the opportunity to receive a fulness of joy, even the fulness that He possesses in His perfected and glorified state.2
During these momentous latter days, we declare that God our Eternal Father lives. We testify that we existed in His presence, prior to this life, as His spirit children. During our premortal existence, we were tutored in conditions which provided us with the opportunity to develop our talents and abilities. In that blessed, premortal abode, we were "left to choose good or evil." Alma states that we chose good by exercising "great faith" and performing "good works." Thus, we kept our first estate, while our Father, in turn, foreordained us to receive certain privileges in this lifetime.3
Likewise, latter-day revelation reveals that our Heavenly Father ordained a great plan of happiness for all of His spirit children who had kept their first estate.4 It embraced the prospect that we could one day become like our Father in Heaven and possess all of the attributes and rights He now enjoys. The Apostle Peter reminded the Saints that our Lord's "divine power hath given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness," so that "by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature."5 Peter's statement may be considered bold, and we admit that it would take a lifetime, and more, to accomplish; nevertheless, his thoughts find resonance in the Savior's charge, "Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect."6
The Father's plan also required all who had kept their first estate to be tried and tested in a mortal or second estate. In this environment, we are required to act for ourselves and prove to ourselves and to God whether we would keep all of His commandments and overcome sin and opposition.7
Since the Fall of Adam and because of the nature of mortal mankind, man developed a predisposition to violate the laws of God and thereby become enslaved to the demands of justice. Nevertheless, because of our Heavenly Father's foreknowledge and through the great plan of happiness, He devised a plan of mercy. It furnished a way for the exacting requirements of justice to be appeased through an infinite Atonement.8
Jesus Christ, as the chosen of the Father from the beginning,9 possessed all the qualifications and attributes required to harmonize the laws of justice and mercy through His Atonement.10
The Atonement, King Benjamin taught, allows man to put off the natural man as we yield to the enticings of the Holy Spirit.11 Consequently, it is our testimony that all who come unto Christ by obedience to the laws and ordinances of the gospel are able to exercise faith unto "everlasting salvation and eternal life."12
We also testify that compliance with all of the conditions of the great plan of happiness, after the Great Apostasy, was not possible until our Heavenly Father and His Son, Jesus Christ, reestablished the gospel through the Prophet Joseph Smith.13
Our beloved prophet, President Gordon B. Hinckley, declared, "The Prophet Joseph's account of these events is true, that the Father bore witness of the divinity of His Son, that the Son instructed the boy prophet, and that there followed a train of events which led to the organization of 'the only true and living church upon the face of the whole earth.'"14
It is the heartfelt desire of all the faithful to keep their second estate. We are not left alone to find our way back home. The Lord has set up His kingdom on the earth wherein the elect of God can be gathered.
In the Lord's loving care, He has provided us with all of the essential resources required to forge our way through the many pitfalls placed before us by the evil one.15
These indispensable resources include the ordinances and covenants of the gospel, in which the power of the Atonement is manifest.16 We also have the holy scriptures, which provide us with a standard to discern truth from error.17
Importantly, we live in a blessed day in which the Lord has placed His watchmen, even the living apostles and prophets, in our midst. They hold all the necessary keys and authority which are essential to administering the ordinances of salvation and exaltation.18
Above all, as baptized members of the church of Christ, we have the incomparable gift of the Holy Ghost. The Savior, on the eve of His suffering for our sins, told His disciples, that the "Spirit … will guide you into all truth."19
John the Revelator, in heavenly vision, saw the fulfillment of our Father's plan and recorded the condition of those who had come out of great tribulation and had washed their robes white in the blood of the Lamb. He saw how they who had overcome the world stood before the throne of God and served Him in His temple. The Lord was in their midst, while the faithful hungered and thirsted no more, and God wiped away all the tears from their eyes.20
We need not fear but with faith follow our Heavenly Father's great plan of happiness. Our call to all is to come and receive of the grace and mercy of the Lord, for He is mighty to save and will never forsake us!21
May the Lord bless us in this great endeavor, I pray, in the name of Jesus Christ, amen.


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An induction cooker uses a type of induction heating for cooking. It is chiefly distinguished from other common forms of stovetop cooking by the fact that the heat is generated directly in the cooking vessel, as opposed to being generated in the stovetop by electrical coils or burning gas. To be used on an induction cooker, a cooking vessel must be made of a ferromagnetic material and be electrically conductive.
In an induction stovetop, a coil of copper wire is placed underneath the cooking pot. An alternating current|alternating electric current is made to flow through the coil, which produces an oscillating magnetic field which creates heat in the cooking vessel over it in two different ways. Principally, it induces an electric current in the pot, which produces resistive heating proportional to the square of the current and to the electrical resistance of the vessel. Secondly, it also creates magnetic hysteresis losses in the pot due to its ferromagnetic nature. The first effect dominates: hysteresis losses typically account for less than ten percent of the total heat generated.[2]
Induction cookers are faster and more energy-efficient than traditional electric cooktops; moreover, they allow instant control of cooking energy, which no energy source other than gas offers. Because induction heats the cooking vessel itself, the possibility of burn injury is significantly less than with other methods: only skin contact with the cooking vessel itself (or, when high heat has been used, the stovetop for a while after the vessel has been removed) can cause harm. There are not the high temperatures of flames or red-hot electric heating elements found in traditional cooking equipment, which generates heat independent of the cooking vessel. Further, induction cookers do not themselves warm the surrounding air, resulting in further energy efficiencies.
It is possible to build an induction cooker that works with any pot that conducts electricity (a pot made of any metal, but not of an electrically insulating material such as glass or ceramic), even if the pot is not ferromagnetic, but the increased permeability of an iron or steel pot makes the system substantially more practical by increasing the inductance seen by the drive coil and by decreasing the skin depth of the current in the pot, which increases the AC resistance for the I2R heating.[3] Most practical induction cookers are designed for ferromagnetic pots; users are advised that the cooker will work only with pots to which a magnet will stick.
Since heat is being generated by an induced electric current, the unit can detect whether cookware is present (or whether its contents have boiled dry) by monitoring the voltage drop caused by resistance in the circuit (which reflects how much energy is being absorbed). That allows such functions as keeping a pot at minimal boil or automatically turning an element off when cookware is removed from it.


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Studies have long shown that high school students are woefully misinformed about personal finances and how to manage them. But the COVID-19 pandemic, which has revealed how many American adults are living on the financial edge, has spurred ongoing efforts to make financial literacy classes a school requirement.
Seven states now require a stand-alone financial literacy course as a high school graduation requirement, and five more state requirements come into effect within the next year or two. About 25 warrants at least some financial training, sometimes as part of an existing course. This year, about 20 other states have considered establishing or expanding similar rules.
Opponents of state mandates say the requirements, while laudable, may encroach on the limited time available for other high school electives and would impose costly demands on teacher training or hiring.
Nevertheless, financial literacy courses are gaining ground.
"I think there's a lot of momentum now; many more states have legislation pending," said Carly Urban, an economics professor at Montana State University who has studied financial literacy. In seven states — Alabama, Iowa, Missouri, Mississippi, Tennessee, Utah and Virginia — "almost all schools require it," she said, though some graduation prerequisites don't come into play. force only in 2023.
Over the past two years, Nebraska, Ohio, Rhode Island, and most recently Florida have passed laws making financial literacy a staple in high schools within a year or two. In North Carolina, graduation requirements take effect in 2023.
Thirty-four states and the District of Columbia introduced bills addressing financial literacy in the 2021-22 legislative sessions, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures. Of these, about 20 focus on secondary schools.
The Kentucky and District of Columbia bills appear to take into account that student-athletes are now allowed to earn money for the use of their name, image or likeness. None of the measures require secondary schools to teach financial literacy. But the Kentucky bill, which the governor signed into law, requires colleges to set up financial literacy workshops for student-athletes. The DC bill would encourage colleges with student-athletes to teach financial literacy.
Last month, Republican Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed a bill calling for students entering high school in the 2023-24 school year to take a financial literacy course as a condition of graduation. . The new law provides a half-credit course on personal money management, including how to open and use a bank account, the meaning of credit and credit scores, types of savings and investments and how to get a loan.
At a signing ceremony, DeSantis touted the law as something that "will help improve the ability of students in financial management, when they find themselves in the real world."
Financial literacy is an issue that is remarkably bipartisan. Rhode Island Gov. Dan McKee, a Democrat, sounded a lot like DeSantis when he signed Rhode Island's requirement for financial education in high schools last year.
"Financial literacy is key to a young person's future success," McKee said. "This legislation paves the way for our public high schools to provide young people with the skills they need to achieve their financial goals."
Montana State's Urban said state policies that require stand-alone financial literacy courses help students the most, especially if states set standards on what topics should be included in the curriculum. Most courses last one semester.
Some states are using materials provided by the nonprofit Next Gen Personal Finance — which offers a free study guide and educational materials for teaching financial literacy — to help set the standards, while d Others have expanded units already included in economics, math, or social studies courses.
Next Gen's free courses include tutorials for teachers, plus in-class study guides on topics like managing credit, opening checking and savings accounts, budgeting, paying for school academics, investing, paying taxes and developing consumer skills.
In a 2018 study, only a third of adults could answer at least four of five financial literacy questions on concepts such as mortgages, interest rates, inflation and risk, according to the Foundation for Financial Literacy. Financial Industry Regulatory Authority Investor Education. Financial literacy was lower among people of color and youth.
According to the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, about 16% of 15-year-old American students surveyed in 2018 did not meet the basic level of financial literacy skills.
But with a little education, those numbers can improve, according to Urban studies.
"The results are striking," she said in a phone interview. "Credit scores go up and delinquency rates go down. If you're a student borrower, you go from low to high interest, you don't accumulate credit card debt, and you don't use private loans, which are more expensive. Additionally, his research found that young people who have taken financial literacy courses are less likely to use expensive payday loans.
Even the teachers who run the classes tend to see an increase in their savings.
"If access remains limited – especially for students who have the most to gain from education – state policy may be the only option to ensure all students have access to personal finance before becoming financially independent," Urban wrote in a 2022 study of the high school personal finance course.
The California Assembly Committee on Education unanimously approved a high school financial literacy bill last week. Committee chairman Patrick O'Donnell, a Democrat and former high school economics teacher, said financial concepts like individual retirement accounts, Roth IRAs, loan terms and other things are "difficult to understand… in their head".
Educators need resources to teach these concepts, he said, noting that when he was a teacher he wrote his own course materials for teaching financial literacy.
The COVID-19 pandemic has underscored how few Americans are prepared for financial emergencies, giving new impetus to financial literacy requirements, according to John Pelletier, director of the Center for Financial Literacy at Champlain College in Vermont. "COVID woke people up," he said in a phone interview.
He cited a 2020 Federal Reserve study that showed many Americans couldn't come up with $2,000 in an emergency, and "it really hit home when people were forced off work. and collect a paycheck. If policymakers haven't found a way to get money from people, we're dealing with more than just paying the rent; we face hunger and homelessness.
Pelletier estimates that about 30% of public school children now have access to financial literacy classes.
But not all financial literacy bills made it through the legislative process. A bill in Wisconsin this year died after objections from the Wisconsin Association of School Boards.
Ben Niehaus, director of member services for the association, said his group agreed with the intent, but was concerned about the rapid one-year timeline and the possibility of "compromising elective choices".
The bill's sponsor, Republican State Rep. Alex Dallman, said in a phone interview that he hopes to reintroduce the bill next session, possibly with only a half-credit course. .
"In our current economy, we're taking out massive loans, not paying them back, and we have to be smarter about how we handle money," he said. He said technical schools around the state like the idea of teaching finance because it could lead more students to conclude that they should forgo an expensive college education for a lucrative career in the trades.
But Niehaus said a financial literacy requirement could take time out of vocational electives, such as manufacturing courses, that many Wisconsin high schools have started offering.
"We try to add these experiences to meet the needs of the labor market with more than a high school diploma and less than a four-year diploma. There are only so many hours in a day," Niehaus said.
"Yes, it's important, but career and technology education is also important, and we think local school boards should decide."
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AKRON, Ohio – A federal judge in Ohio says five men charged with plotting to bomb a highway bridge must remain locked up pending trial.
The Akron-based judge ruled Tuesday against the suspects' bond request.
The judge says they must remain locked up to keep them from fleeing and to protect the public.
The men were arrested in late April when they allegedly tried to detonate what turned out to be a dud bomb provided by an FBI undercover informant.
The defendants have pleaded not guilty. One defense attorney called it a case of entrapment, with the informant guiding the way.
They could face life in prison if convicted of trying to bomb the bridge over the Cuyahoga (ky-uh-HOH'-guh) Valley National Park south of Cleveland.


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Friedman and Schwartz's A Monetary History of the United States, 1867-1960, published in 1963, stands as one of the most influential economics books of the twentieth century. A landmark achievement, the book marshaled massive historical data and sharp analytics to support the claim that monetary policy--steady control of the money supply--matters profoundly in the management of the nation's economy, especially in navigating serious economic fluctuations. The chapter entitled "The Great Contraction, 1929-33" addressed the central economic event of the century, the Great Depression. Published as a stand-alone paperback in 1965, The Great Contraction, 1929-1933 argued that the Federal Reserve could have stemmed the severity of the Depression, but failed to exercise its role of managing the monetary system and ameliorating banking panics. The book served as a clarion call to the monetarist school of thought by emphasizing the importance of the money supply in the functioning of the economy--a concept that has come to inform the actions of central banks worldwide. This edition of the original text includes a new preface by Anna Jacobson Schwartz, as well as a new introduction by the economist Peter Bernstein. It also reprints comments from the current Federal Reserve chairman, Ben Bernanke, originally made on the occasion of Milton Friedman's 90th birthday, on the enduring influence of Friedman and Schwartz's work and vision.… (more)
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This is the designated neighbourhood zone for Braybrook College in Melbourne, Victoria. You can search for a particular school or address in the search box in the top right-hand corner of the embedded map or zoom into an area of interest on the map.
维多利亚州教育局使用的专有名称称为"指定的邻里学校 (Designated neighbourhood school)",这是为该学校划分的特定学区。学区在英语中可能以下面的术语来表达。
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Congress Passes Historic Health Care Bill
WASHINGTON (AP) – Summoned to success by President Barack Obama, the Democratic-controlled Congress approved historic legislation Sunday night extending health care to tens of millions of uninsured Americans and cracking down on insurance company abuses, a climactic chapter in the century-long quest for near universal coverage.
Widely viewed as dead two months ago, the Senate-passed bill cleared the House on a 219-212 vote, with Republicans unanimous in opposition.
Congressional officials said they expected Obama to sign the bill as early as Tuesday.
A second measure – making changes in the first – was lined up for passage later in the evening. That measure would go to the Senate, where Democratic leaders said they had the votes to pass it.
Crowds of protesters outside the Capitol shouted "just vote no" in a futile attempt to stop the historic vote taking place inside a House packed with lawmakers and ringed with spectators in the galleries above.
Across hours of debate, House Democrats predicted the central bill, costing $940 billion over a decade, would rank with other great social legislation of recent decades.
"We will be joining those who established Social Security, Medicare and now, tonight, health care for all Americans, said Speaker Nancy Pelosi, partner to Obama and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid in the grueling campaign to pass the legislation.
"This is the civil rights act of the 21st century," added Rep. Jim Clyburn of South Carolina, the top-ranking black member of the House.
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Rizvan Khan is an honorable Muslim man from India, living with Asperger's Syndrome, who falls unconditionally for the beautiful Mandira, a Hindu single mother living out her version of the global dream of success. Yet, when an unspeakable act of cowardice tears their family apart, Khan selflessly embarks on a powerful journey through a contemporary America that is as complex as the terrain of the human heart. He innocently becomes that most unlikely act of defiance, one of peace and compassion. He provides a sobering reality that touches the lives of every person he crosses. In the name of the woman he loves, a curious stranger will introduce himself to the world simply by saying, "My name is Khan, and I am not a terrorist." (Source)
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Is anyone aware of a way to create a fisheye effect with elements in InkScape? Freehand used to have an xtra tool that did just that.
The specific effect I'm trying to achieve is applying horizontal lines on a spherical object...akin to the latitude marks on globe. If you're staring at the equator, the latitude lines above bend upwards towards the pole and the reverse for those below the equator.
I could do this a number of ways and have some alternatives in mind, but Freehand's Fisheye tool seemed the easiest if there was something similar to that in Inkscape.


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IDN Variant Issues Project – Proposed Project Plan for Next Steps
In response to comments made by participants at the ICANN public meeting in Costa Rica, ICANN has extended this public comment period for 21 days until 8 April 2012.
ICANN has also received a number of constructive comments for amendments to the proposed project plan. As a result, it is likely that ICANN will publish a revised project plan in April 2012, also for public comment.
Additional comments on the current published project plan are welcomed to help shape the revision.


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Julie Presas
General Counsel and Vice President of Legal, Secretary
Julie Presas became General Counsel and Vice President of Legal in March, 2014. Julie oversees the corporate legal function at OCLC including the provisioning of legal support throughout the global organization. As Secretary for the corporation she also serves as advisor to company officers and trustees on matters of legal significance. Julie previously served as Assistant General Counsel at OCLC.
Prior to joining OCLC, she was General Counsel for Fiber Network Solutions, Inc., a tier one network provider for businesses in the Midwest region of the U.S.
Julie serves on the board of Besa Community, a non-profit organization dedicated to expanding community service in Columbus. She also provides pro-bono services through the Columbus Legal Aid Society Adult Shelter Assistance Project.
Julie received her undergraduate degree from The Ohio State University and her J.D. from the University of Toledo College of Law.
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hello, i am a newbie who doesn't have any programming experience.
i heard that python is great to start with, but i prefer to begin with c++ because it's known as the best for game programming.
1) is it okay to learn c++ for a newbie?
2) is c++ really the best for game programming?
3) which software should i use to program in c++? (i am a mac user.)


text: Character Analysis Curley's Wife Curley's wife, like the other players in the drama, is simply a character type and the only woman in the plot. She is defined by her role: Curley's wife or possession. George and Candy call her by other names such as "jailbait" or "tart." She wears too much makeup and dresses like a "whore" with red fingernails and red shoes with ostrich feathers. Lennie is fascinated by her and cannot take his eyes off her. He keeps repeating "she's purty." George, realizing Lennie's fascination, warns him to stay away from her. Curley's wife knows her beauty is her power, and she uses it to flirt with the ranch hands and make her husband jealous. She is utterly alone on the ranch, and her husband has seen to it that no one will talk to her without fearing a beating. Steinbeck's initial portrayal of Curley's wife shows her to be a mean and seductive temptress. Alive, she is connected to Eve in the Garden of Eden. She brings evil into mens' lives by tempting them in a way they cannot resist. Eventually, she brings about the end of the dream of Eden, the little farm where George and Lennie can live off the fat of the land. Her death at Lennie's hands means the end of George and Lennie's companionship and their dream. She is portrayed, like the girl in Weed, as a liar and manipulator of men. In the scene in Crooks' room, she reminds Crooks of his place and threatens to have him lynched if he doesn't show her the proper respect as the wife of the boss' son and a white woman. All of these appearances cause the reader to dislike her and see her as the downfall of the men in the story. In the barn scene, however, Steinbeck softens the reader's reaction to Curley's wife by exploring her dreams. Her "best laid plans" involved a stint in the movies with all the benefits, money, and pleasure that would provide. Her beauty is such that perhaps that dream might have come true. Her dreams make her more human and vulnerable. Steinbeck reiterates this impression by portraying her innocence in death: Curley's wife lay with a half-covering of yellow hay. And the meanness and the plannings and the discontent and the ache for attention were all gone from her face. She was very pretty and simple, and her face was sweet and young. Now her rouged cheeks and her reddened lips made her seem alive and sleeping very lightly. The curls, tiny little sausages, were spread on the hay behind her head, and her lips were parted. Steinbeck seems to show, through Curley's wife, that even the worst of us have our humanity.


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The Biennale di Venezia and Jaeger-LeCoultre announce that the great American director, screenwriter, actor and producer Spike Lee has been awarded the Jaeger-LeCoultre Glory to the Filmmaker 2012 award of the Venice International Film Festival, dedicated a personality who has brought great innovation to contemporary cinema.
The Director of the Venice Film Festival, Alberto Barbera, in regards to this acknowledgment to Spike Lee, stated: "Spike Lee is a bold creative spirit, the author of daring and corrosive films, often unpredictable and provocative in the best sense of the term. Films that challenge us to rethink our prejudices and our preconceptions."
The prize will be conferred to Spike Lee at the awards ceremony which will take place on Friday, August 31st during the 69th Venice Film Festival (29 August – 8 September 2012), directed by Alberto Barbera and organized by the Biennale di Venezia chaired by Paolo Baratta.
Following the awards ceremony, the 69th Venice Film Festival will present the world premiere screening of the new documentary by Spike Lee, Bad 25, filmed on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of Michael Jackson's historic album, Bad. Spike Lee made two videos for Michael Jackson, They Don't Care About Us (1997) and This Is It (2009).
Spike Lee has participated in eight previous editions of the Venice International Film Festival. In Competition twice, in 1990 with Mo'Better Blues and in 1995 with Clockers, and Out of Competition twice, in 2004 with She Hate Me and in 2005 with the episode Jesus Children of America from the film The Invisible Children. In 1997 with the documentary 4 Little Girls in the 'Officina veneziana' section; in 1998 with He Got Game in the 'Notti e stelle' section; in 2001 with the documentary A Huey P. Newton Story in the 'Nuovi territori' section; in 2006 with the documentary When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts, which won the Orizzonti Doc award. In 2004 he was a member of the International Jury for the Competition.
Jaeger-LeCoultre is a sponsor for the eighth year in a row of the Venice International Film Festival, and for the sixth year in a row of the Glory to the Filmmaker award.
The prize has been awarded in previous years to Takeshi Kitano (2007), Abbas Kiarostami (2008), Agnès Varda (2008), Sylvester Stallone (2009), Mani Ratnam (2010), and Al Pacino (2012).
Spike Lee is considered the most famous of Afro-American directors and one of the most significant personalities in American filmmaking over the past 30 years. His films deal with political and social issues such as racism and interracial relationships. His production company is called "40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks". The name is a reference to the 40 acres and a mule promised as compensation to African slaves after the Abolition of slavery. That promise was never kept. The son of a jazz musician, he studied at the New York University Film School with Martin Scorsese, graduating with a medium-length film (Joe's Bed–Stuy Barbershop: We Cut Heads, 1983) that won the Student Academy Award and a prize at the Locarno Festival. In 1986 his first feature-length film, Lola Darling, a comedy about an independent Afro-American young woman who divided her time between two lovers, was a resounding success (it won the Prix de la Jeunesse at Cannes and the Independent Spirit Award for best debut film). The film was shot in twelve days. He later described the ghetto in Do the Right Thing (1989, Oscar nomination for Best Screenplay); told the life story of musician Charles Mingus (Denzel Washington's first major portrayal) in Mo' Better Blues (1990, in Competition at the Venice International Film Festival) and brought an icon of Afro-American culture to the screen in Malcolm X (1992), for which Denzel Washington won the Best Actor award in Berlin and was nominated for an Oscar. He then addressed the issue of interracial love in Jungle Fever (1991), which won a Special Jury Prize at Cannes and Best Supporting Actor award for the performance of Samuel L. Jackson. He later filmed Crooklyn (1994), Clockers (1995, presented in Competition at the Venice Film Festival), Girl 6 (1996), Get on the Bus (1996, Special Mention in Berlin), the documentary 4 Little Girls (1997, presented at the Venice Film Festival in the Officina veneziana section and nominated for an Oscar), He Got Game (1998, presented at the Venice Film Festival in the Notte e stelle section). In his acclaimed film SOS Summer of Sam (1999), for the first time he dealt exclusively with an ethnic community that was not Afro-American but Italian-American, against the background of the story of serial killer Son of Sam during the summer of 1977 in New York. Alternating feature-length films with TV series and documentaries (including A Huey P. Newton Story, presented in 2001 at the Venice Film Festival in the Nuovi territori section, and When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts, winner of the Orizzonti Doc award in 2006 at the Venice Film Festival), he directed: Bamboozled (2000, in Competition in Berlin); the acclaimed 25th Hour (2002), also in Competition in Berlin, where it was particularly applauded, and hailed by critics as one of the best, if not the best, film made by the director; She Hate Me (2004, Out of Competition at the Venice Film Festival); Inside Man (2006), his first genre film, a "Shakespearean" thriller with a plot full of twists based on the "perfect robbery": it featured an exceptional cast (Denzel Washington, Clive Owen, Jodie Foster, Christopher Plummer and Willem Dafoe), and turned out to be his greatest box-office hit; Miracle at St. Anna (2008, presented in Toronto), on the little-known episode highlighting the contribution of Afro-American soldiers to World War II; and the recent Red Hook Summer (2012), presented at the Sundance Film Festival.


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Two men got into a fight aboard a flight that landed in Burbank, California
One of the passengers was arrested
Another flight, another fight.
This one happened aboard a Southwest plane shortly after it landed in Burbank, California. It's the latest example of rage erupting on board over any number of issues, from canceled flights to seat disputes to apparent misunderstandings. And like other cases, it was all caught on cell phone video.
Southwest flight 2530 had traveled Sunday from Dallas and was on a short layover at Hollywood Burbank Airport before continuing on to Oakland, California.
As the plane taxied to the gate, a fistfight broke out between two men, Burbank police said. The altercation worsened as fellow passengers tried to get off the plane at the gate, the airline said.
The new age of airline rage: Why everyone on board is on edge
Cell phone video that surfaced on social media shows two men apparently jostling for position near a row of seats. Then one man forces the other over the backs of the seats in front of them. He then leans over his fallen foe and unleashes a series of punches before fellow passengers rush in to stop the pummeling.
"What is wrong with you?" a female passenger asks, imploring the men to stop, the video shows.
One man suffered minor injuries but could continue on to his destination, Southwest Airlines said in a statement to CNN. The other, a 37-year-old man from Lancaster, California, was detained at the gate, arrested for misdemeanor battery and booked into the Burbank City Jail, Burbank police said.
Southwest Airlines thanked its employees for reacting quickly and preventing the incident from getting worse.
"Our employees are our everyday heroes and are trained to de-escalate conflict while delivering heartfelt hospitality on nearly 4,000 flights to nearly the half-million customers who fly Southwest every day," the airline said.
Hamasaki reported from Los Angeles, and Allen reported from Atlanta. Georgia. Braden Walker contributed to this report.


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Today at the SXSW conference, NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden joined the event digitally to speak about mass surveillance. Since his revelations began to spill last summer, Snowden has been a lightning rod for discussion regarding the proper role of government, and how we handle privacy as a kind.
In his remarks regarding the need for more consumer-friendly encryption, Snowden condemned the NSA, his former employer, and its leaders.
Painting Director of the National Security Agency General Keith Alexander and Director of National Intelligence James Clapper with a single stroke, Snowden said that they have done more harm than anyone else to our national and Internet security. The NSA, in Snowden's view, is "setting fire to the Internet," and those in charge of the operation bear that guilt.
Snowden's argument is simple: By "eroding our protections of communications to get an attack advantage," the NSA is harming the integrity of the Internet itself, a field in which the United States has a global advantage in terms of innovation. Using an analogy of a vault, Snowden asked why the nation that has the most in their vault would build a backdoor in the vault itself instead of working to protect it. This correlates with Snowden's view that the NSA is harming security by putting offense ahead of defense; making sure that there is a way into the vault instead of the opposite may not be the best way to keep its contents safe.
Does the disclosure that the NSA acts in that manner, and the methods by which it does so harm our national security? Snowden, unsurprisingly, doesn't think so. In fact, he thinks that his work does the opposite, that it actually improves the nation's safety. We rely on the ability to trust our communications, he said, and without that we have nothing. So, provided that we are moving towards more secure communication, we are moving towards safety.
Snowden's argument is predicated on the idea that the integrity of your and my communications is tied to the nation's larger interest. The connection between the two isn't directly apparent, so let's unpack the idea a bit. If the United States government can access the communications of its citizens on a pervasive basis, it implies that the communication itself is either insecure enough by default, or insecure enough by direct action to be accessed chronically.
This means that trust, to use Snowden's term, is undercut. Less trust means less communication, and ultimately, I think it isn't too much to claim, slower growth in economic activity; if I can't trust my emails concerning our proposed business deal to be kept private, can we deal? This becomes even more difficult regarding international enterprise.
Another negative is that the U.S. government is not the only party that can walk through a door. Tools, methods, activities, and the like are open options for other governments to use; do the activities of the U.S. government encourage the leadership of other countries to do the same? Yes, Snowden said when posed the question.
How do you un-set fire to the Internet? The answer to pervasive surveillance is pervasive encryption, it seems. You can't mass surveil when it's unit-economics are expensive. In response to the NSA revelations, corporations are boosting security, especially in terms of encryption. That's making us safer and more secure in Snowden's view.
Regardless of your take on Snowden's actions, we can say that the public is becoming increasingly informed about privacy and what they can expect from their government. That's good. What we need next is highly encrypted, secure tools that are dead-simple to us. Snapchat isn't popular just because ephemeral messaging is cool — it's popular because it brings a modicum of more privacy at zero friction to end users. Something to think about.
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text: A British officer, Major Summerford, while fighting in the fields of Flanders in February 1918 was knocked off his horse by a flash of lightning and paralyzed from the waist down. Summerford retired and moved to Vancouver. One day in 1924, as he fished alongside a river, lightning hit the tree he was sitting under and paralyzed his right side. Two years later Summerford was sufficiently recovered that he was able to take walks in a local park. He was walking there one summer day in 1930 when a lightning bolt smashed into him, permanently paralyzing him. He died two years later. But lightning sought him out one last time. Four years later, during a storm, lightning struck a cemetery and destroyed a tombstone. The deceased buried here? Major Summerford.